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Issue: Vol. 2632 No. 1: 1 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2632.1.1
Page range: 1–45
Abstract views: 57
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New species of the spider genus Telema (Araneae, Telemidae) from caves in Guangxi, China

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
Araneae taxonomy diagnosis etymology variation distribution

Abstract

Eight new species of Telema collected from caves in Guangxi (China) are described and illustrated: T. adunca sp. nov., T. biyunensis sp. nov., T. cordata sp. nov., T. cucurbitina sp. nov., T. mikrosphaira sp. nov., T. renalis sp. nov., T. yashanensis sp. nov. and T. zonaria sp. nov. All species have a clearly pigmented body, six eyes, and relatively short legs. They differ from congeners and each other in the detailed structure of the spermatheca and male palp.

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